9/24/2011

8-4-2016 Livin' in Chillicothe Mo now...more updates coming soon

12-10-05....Been a long time since the last update. Moved back to Missouri and am bouncing off the walls in a house that used to be the "Funeral Home"....hehehe No gutz, no glory....seein' what I can dig up.

6-19-03....Still runnin' all the time. Just got back from 4897m road trip to ChiTown. 26.5mpg for whole trip. Not bad for 185k miles and 10 years old...and 80mph+average...hehehe....Stopped in KC for youngest daughters HS Graduation Party and saw all the folks and all 4 grandsons. Got to look at oldest daughter and hubby's new house they're movin' into. Got to see some old neighbors and school friends. Had a good time chattin'. Got to do some shootin' and fishin' also.

4-26-03....YEEHAW!!! Las Vegas Speedway--Me--650hp Corvette engined CART race car--6 laps--160.43MPH!!! Next time will be MUCH faster now that I've done it once. HEHEHE 200MPH here I come!! Thanks to The Las Vegas Hilton, it was free too.....Amazing what they throw at ya' for only playing a few 1large hands of BlackJack....Just don't tell the wifeypoo....>;}

5-24-02...Ding! On return trip from Chitown for National Restaurant show set new speed average. 1440 miles in 16.5 hours.....87.27MPH!! Very seldom under 95 and usually around 105. Top was 137 for a qwik shot in a state which shall remain nameless.....didn't keep track of gas mileage.

4-13-2002.....As usual, still too busy to get the new domain goin'. Went to France and Germany last November. Nuthin' like gettin' home to the good ole USA!! Took a 5000 mile road trip to Minnesota in February in the 'vette. Had to break in a new LT4 cam and 1:6 Roller Rocker Arms. Also put up with -7F actual and -65F wind chills. And one 12 mile trip at midnight in a raging blizzard with no snow tires and a guy from France who didn't have a hell of a lot to say on the way to where we were staying. Good thing I had a sloped nose on the 'vette for a snowplow to cut through the 3 foot drifts....no kiddin....good thing I learned to drive on a farm in Missouri. Last day of the trip from little brothers' in Springfield Mo to Phoenix Az was non-stop 16 1/2 hours covering 1370 miles......average speed......83.03MPH....try that in your Ford.....AND averaged over 24 MPG for the whole trip! I've also updated some of the following sections on this page. Feel free to peruse on down and check out the new goodies.

9-27-01....This page is severely outdated, but has a lot of goodies in it, so I'm leaving it pretty much as is. Go to LifeBeginsAt200MPH for newer info and a lot more ranting.

8-17-01...Goin' to the doc for a rotorooter job on the old heart....time for another cigarette. Hopefully it's just stress and not heart disease. I'm building a new soapbox....

7-7-01...Still here. Opening up new territory for the company. gogogogogo.......

10-4-00....Got about 5 minutes, so a little updating....Busy with the j-o-b. Getting ready to have a whole new site up and running before the end of the year hopefully. This poor old page needs some severe updating. New place will be lifebeginsat200mph .com. Mucho more pics and links. New beastie is an Athlon 700 runnin' at 750. Can't have it running at stock speed ya' know.....>;O Win 2k Pro, 256mg, 2-20 gigger's -3 19 in monitors and 1 17 in monitor. 4 CD changer, CD-RW, 2 way microwave ISP, 5.1 audio, and a whole bunch of other stuff I don't remember since I built it. Haven't really had time to play with the vette much. Bosch 4+ plugs and K&N filter is about it. 124k miles and I swear the plugs in it were original. Quickie trip to Vegas for a convention is about the only road trip I've done. Only got to tap 132 right quick. Still had rpm's and another gear to go. I'd guess 160 no problemo with chip and air stuff.. And a roll bar..... 7-10-00....New microwave ISP installed today. This mother hums!! New e-mail is ss427isaudio1@earthlink.net. LOTS of updating and catching up to do. Win 2K Pro still seems to be acceptable.......>;)

Who Am I?

• I'm a middle-aged boomer who has an insatiable urge for knowledge. Unfortunately this often leads to a state of general confusion and diarrhea of the brain. Which results in a greater appetite for more stuff, which leads to a state of general confusion and diarrhea............

• Some of my past experiences include, born and raised on a farm, loader operator, dynamite man and driller in open pit and underground limestone quarrys. Built houses in high school. Graduate of the school of "hamburgerology". I've also ran main frame IBM 360 and 370 series stuff back in the late 70's. Done a lot of nite club and mobile DJ'in. Probably 300 weddings and 200 proms and homecomings all over the midwest. From little parties with 50 people to night clubs with $250,000 sound and lighting systems that ran 4-5,000 people a nite through the door. Built, sold, and rented DJ systems and speakers. Also sold retail audio gear, alarms, insurance, 'bout everything but cars and houses. Video producer/director/writer/camera. Even came in 3rd place in a mayoral election. Set up a city government cable channel. Customer service on civil aviation avionics installations. Collected and refurbed John Deere Lawn Tractors. 108's, 110's, 112's, & a 114. 67-74's. Had 5 at one time once. Partner in a computer store. Domestic engineer. Tournament Blackjack. Also made a hole in-one. Thanks to the electro-shock treatments...... .I'm remem...ber.....ing mo..r..e.

Hobbies And Interests

• If it's big, fast, loud, antique, unique, or electronic, I'm into it. Among some of the thing I'm interested in are; Corvettes(I'm on my third), big caliber handcannons, air rifles, touring motorcycles, computers, monstrous home audio systems, military weapons and aircraft, trains, large earth -moving and construction equipment, antique tractors, hand tools, UFOs', space travel, watches, die-cast metal toy banks, die-cast toys in general, plastic models, home construction and remodeling, swimming pools, solar and wind energy generation, auto racing, Three Stooges, old b/w 42nd St. type movies, Dinosaurs("NOT the momma"), Sci-Fi, and the one true first superstar..John Wayne,.....I think you get the idea...Al Bundy For President!

Don't Tell Anyone....

Among some of the nuttier things I've done

• Drove a 1961 Impala 4-door to the top of a motorcycle hill climb and couldn't make it over the top. Coming down backwards and sideways was no fun at all. Such was the entertainment for 17 year old country kids in 1973.

• Drove a 1979 GoldWing from Holbrook Az to Kansas City Mo in 17 1/2 hrs. 1179 miles. Average nonstop speed 67.4 MPH. Two leaks, two milks, and at least 10 gas stops. Very seldom below 90 and usually around 105. Didn't see ONE cop until somewhere in OK about 1:30 in the morning. Came upon a blind berm at an overpass on the interstate and ta-da, at LEAST 3 cars and 10 flat-brimmed hats. Hard to tell at 100+ after 14 hrs on the road. Never even backed off the throttle and kept on goin'. They HAD to have been waiting on someone else or I'd still be in jail. VERY important lesson in the relationship between average speed and long endurance runs.

• After doing some trick tune-up stuff like playing with throttle position sensor voltage, removing restrictions from the mass air flow sensor, working on the air inlet ducting, and a few other tricks, I took my 85 Vette on a little trip to a nice long lonely interstate west of KC. After making a preliminary run to check the stretch of road for state employee occupied vehicles , it was time to go. From about 50 in 2nd, I nailed it for as long I dared (which wasn't very long at all). I would guess total run of a little over a mile. Foot buried and still accelerating, I backed out, easily I might add. Definitely one of the MOST intense 30-40 secs. I've ever had. Next time it will be in a car with a roll bar, safety harness, helmet, etc., hopefully on a track. After all, 161 is a bit fast for a public road.

Philosophical Stuff

• Taxes are too high. A national sales/flat/limited maximum tax rate should be instituted. The IRS as we know it would be merely the bookkeepers of the government. Estate and inheritance taxes are unconstitutional. The government has NO right to tax death. People have the right to keep and bear arms. Opportunity is the cause of inequality, not the race, sex, or religion of the individual. The strong are obligated to defend the weak. Work fare for the capable, Welfare for the truly needy. More to come.

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